八年級英語Its-a-nice-day-isnt-it sectionB2a2e課件

It’saniceday,isn’tit?Unit2

SectionB2a—2e

TaskThinkaboutit:Haveyouevertalkedtothestrangers?Theconversationbetweenunfamiliar(不熟悉的)peopleiscalledsmalltalk(閑聊；閑談）.Smalltalkcanreallybeaboutanything,butoftensmallandunimportantthingsliketheweather,currentevents(時事),sportsormovies.

Wheredoesthesmalltalkstart?A:Thebusislate,isn’tit?B:Yes,itis.Ihavewaitedherefor25minutes.AtabusstopA:Thesebooksarereallygreat,aren’tthey?B:Yes,theyare.InabookshopWheredoesthesmalltalkstart?A:Heplaysreallywell,doesn’the?B:Yes,hedoes!Icometoallhisconcerts.A:DoyouhavehisnewCDs?B:Yes,Ido.InaconcertA:Theycosttooexpensive,don’tthey?B:Yes,theydo.Buttheyarereallybeautiful.InashopWheredoesthesmalltalkstart?A:Ittastesdelicious,doesn’tit?B:Yes,itdoes.I’llcomeherenexttime.InarestaurantA:Thematchisexciting,isn’tit?B:Yes,itis.Buttheticketsaretooexpensive.InagymBeforereading2aWhenChinesepeoplemeeteachotherforthefirsttime,whatdotheyusuallytalkabout?Discussitwithapartner.WhilereadingReading

Strategy（閱讀策略）Predictingusingtopicsentences（主題句）Thefirstsentenceofeachparagraphisusuallythetopicsentence.Readingthetopicsentencescangiveusanideaofwhattheparagraphwillbeabout.Whenwereadweshoudtrytoanticipatewhatwillcomenext.Thismeansweshouldalwaysbethinkingaheadaboutwhatwillbenextinthereadingpassage.ScanningReadthefirstsentenceofeachparagraphfromanarticleaboutsmalltalk.Whatdoyouthinktheparagraphswillbeabout?Matcheachparagraph[A-E]withaheadingbelow[1-5].2bParagraphAParagraphBParagraphCParagraphDParagraphE1.Cultural(文化的）differences2.Culturalsimilarities（相似點）3.Whatissmalltalk（閑談，閑聊）?4.Whatshouldwetalkabout?5.Aneveryday（每天的，日常的）

activityReadandmatchFastReading2cLookagainatthetopicsentences.Inwhichparagraphdoyouexpecttofindtheanswertothefollowingquestions?Paragraph__:Paragraph__:Paragraph__:Paragraph__:Paragraph__:Paragraph__:WhatdopeopleoftentalkaboutinEngland?Why?Howdoessmalltalkmakeotherpeoplefeel?Whatkindofpeopleusesmalltalkintheirjobs?WhichcommonquestionsinChinamightnotberightforothercountries?Whichrulesofsmalltalkarethesameinmostcultures?Wheredopeopleofenmakesmalltalk?EABDCc1.WhatdopeopleoftentalkaboutinEngland?Why?2.Howdoessmalltalkmakeotherpeoplefeel?3.Whatkindofpeopleusesmalltalkintheirjobs?4.WhichcommonquestionsinChinamightnotberightforothercountries?5.Whichrulesofsmalltalkarethesameinmostcultures?6.Wheredopeopleofenmakesmalltalk?CarefulReading2dReadthewholearticletoanswerthequestionsin2c.CarefulReading

1.WhatdopeopleoftentalkaboutinEngland?Why?E.Therefore（因此）,weshouldusuallydiscuss“safe”subjects(主題；話題）liketheweather,whichiscommoninmanycultures.PeopleinEnglandofentalkabouttheweather,probablybecauseitchangessomuch.However,themostimportantthingistogivetheotherpersonachancetospeakandlistentowhattheyhavetosay.2.Howdoessmalltalkmakeotherpeoplefeel?A.Smalltalkisrelaxeddialog（對話）

thathelpspeoplepassthetimewhentheymeetothers.Empty（空的）

silences(沉默）

oftenmakeusfeelnervoussothisisawayoffillingthoseperiods（一段時間）.InEnglish,peopleoftensayit“breakstheice”(打破僵局）.Youcanmakesmalltalkwhenwaitinginlineatanairportorbusstop.Thoughthethingswetalkaboutarenotusuallyimportant,smalltalkitselfis.Itmakesothersfeelrelaxedanditpassestimenicely(很好地；漂亮地）.3.Whatkindofpeopleusesmalltalkintheirjobs?B.Forsome,smalltalkisacommonform（形式）ofcommunication.Business（商業(yè)；生意）travelers,forexample,alwaysmeetnewpeopleandusuallymakesmalltalkbeforediscussingseriousbusiness.Theymightbeaskedabouthowtheygottothemeetingoriftheirhoteliscomfortable.Workers（工作中；工人）

inshopsorrestaurantsalsofind的smalltalkhelpful（有用的）

whentheyareservingcustomers（顧客）.4.WhichcommonquestionsinChinamightnotberightforothercountries?D.Thingsweshouldnotdiscusscanalsodependonculture.InChina,wecanaskpeopleiftheyaremarriedorwhethertheyhavechildren.However,manyWesternpeoplethinktheseareprivate(私人的；私密的)subjects(話題）,sotheyshouldbeavoided（避免；回避）.Also,thecommonChinesegreeting（問候）“Haveyoueatenyet?”wouldseemstrangetoanEnglish-speakingperson.5.Whichrulesofsmalltalkarethesameinmostcultures?C.Peoplemakesmalltalkinalmosteverycountry.Whattheysaymaybeverydifferent,butthebasic（基本的）

rulesofsmalltalkareofenthesame.Inmostcultures,itisimportanttosmileandkeeptheconversationlight（輕的）andhumorous（有幽默感的；滑稽有趣的）.Makingotherpeoplesmilecanmakethemfeelrelaxed.6.Wheredopeopleofenmakesmalltalk?C.Peoplemakesmalltalkinalmosteverycountry.Whattheysaymaybeverydifferent,butthebasic（基本的）

rulesofsmalltalkareofenthesame.Inmostcultures,itisimportanttosmileandkeeptheconversationlight（輕的）andhumorous（有幽默感的；滑稽有趣的）.Makingotherpeoplesmilecanmakethemfeelrelaxed.Canyousummarize(總結(jié)）thisarticle?Smalltalkisrelaxeddialogthathelpspeoplepassthetimewhentheymeetothers.Forsome,smalltalkisacommonofcommunication.Peoplemakesmalltalkinalmosteverycountry.Whattheysaymaybeverydifferent,butthebasicrulesofsmalltalkareofenthesame.

Thingsweshouldnotdiscusscanalsodependonculture.

Therefore,weshouldusuallydiscuss“safe”subjectsliketheweather,whichiscommoninmanycultures.

Note(提示）：Youcanusethetopicsentencesofeachparagraph.Afterreading2eLookatthelistofsubjects.Whatquestionscouldyouasktostartsomesmalltalkaboutea